A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car, the prime minister said.

A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car, the prime minister said.

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Senators question Labor's attack on PM

Two non-government senators have questioned Labor's tactics of attacking Malcolm Turnbull over his investments in the Cayman Islands.

The issue dominated parliamentary question time last week, but the Greens' Scott Ludlam said he didn't think it was a good idea to try to make Mr Turnbull the "poster boy" for multinational tax avoidance.

Liberal Democratic Party senator David Leyonhjelm said it was embarrassing and the prime minister's wealth shouldn't be up for debate.

Senator Leyonhjelm said Labor had chosen the wrong issue to tackle the new prime minister on.

"Do we really believe that we will make people better off by tearing down wealthy people like Malcolm Turnbull, or do we think we can make people better off by lifting them all up so that they can aspire to be wealthy?" he told Sky News on Sunday.

"I think the latter is a far more attractive option."

But Labor's Ed Husic defended the opposition's attack, saying it was all about options for people.